Range Rover Sport PHEV climbed a 45-degree, 999-step staircase in a world-first Dragon Road challenge.
The plug-in hybrid SUV completed the incredible challenge at one of China’s most famous landmarks, Heaven’s Gate.
Heaven’s Gate is a natural rock arch located in the Tianmen Mountain in the Hunan Province of China.
The Dragon Challenge comprised of the dizzying 99 turns and 999 steep 45-degree steps that lead up to the famous landmark.
Range Rover’s new hybrid SUV became the first vehicle to ever climb to the top of the stairs of the natural rock arch.
The challenge began at the bottom of the legendary 11.3km Tianmen Mountain Road (known as the Dragon Road).
Behind the wheel of the P400e was Panasonic Jaguar Racing’s Ho-Pin Tung.
When Ho-Pin Tung was tackling the stair-climb prtion of the challenge the car’s Terrain Response 2 system was set to Dynamic mode.
Information Source www.express.co.uk
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